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J. REID. 110mm. roa TOILET PAPER.

No. 520,221. Patented May 22, 1894.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN REID, 0F YoNKERs, ASSIGNOR TO THE J. L. MOTT IRON WORKS, OF NEWYORK, N. Y.

HOLDER FOR TOILET-PAPER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 520,221, dated May 22,1894.

Applicationfiled September 14, 1893. Serial No.485,460- (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be itknown that I, JOHN REID,a citizen of the United States, residing atYonkers, in the county of Westchester and State of New York, haveinvented an Improvement in Holders forToilet-Paper, of which thefollowing is a speclfication.

In the modern and most approved styles of plumblng, the bath-room isprovided with fixtures that are not inclos'ed with wood-work, in orderthat all portions of the room may be easy of access for cleaning, and inmany instances the walls are covered with vitrified tlles screwed to theplaster and often forming the surface of the brick wall or partition.Holders have been made for rolls of toilet paper, but such holders haveprojected from the surface of the wall or partition, and have beenobjectionable in appearance, as well as often inconvenient, as they areliable to be struck by the arm and either loosened from their attachingdevices, or the person injured, and where the walls are surfaced withvitrified tiles, it has been very difficult to attach a holder fortoilet paper.

The present invention is made to overcome the difficulties beforementioned. I employ a frame of metal, which is fastened permanently tothe wall, and in the wall a recess is built and the roll of paper isintroduced into a movable case that is attached to the metal frame andsets into the recess in the wall so as to be entirely out of sight, anda swinging cover is provided for the case, so that by lifting this coverthe toilet paper can be withdrawn from the roll as required.

In the drawings, Figure 1, is an elevation of the frame and swingingcover, and Fig. 2, is a vertical section of my improved holder.

The frame A, is of metal and preferably nickel plated and polished uponits exterior surface, and the opening in this frame is of a proper sizefor the reception of a case B, that is advantageously made of sheetmetal, connected at its outer edge to a frame 0, that is adapted to restagainst the surface of the frame A, and to be screwed thereto by thescrews 2. And this case B, is of a size and shape adapted to hold a rollD, of toilet paper, the same usually being mounted upon a wooden roll 3,having metal pins at the ends,

forming pivots which pass into notches in the open bearings 4, that arefastened upon the interior surface of the case B in the middle of theend portions of such case. The swinging flap or cover E is pivoted atits upper edges at C to the frame 0, and provided with a lip 5 at thelower edge, by which the finger or thumb can be applied in swinging thecover to open the same, and the surfaces of the cover and the interiorsurface of the case B are preferably plated or otherwise ornamented soas not to be objectionable in appearance.

The frame A is to be permanently attached to the wall F in any suitablemanner. It is usually advantageous to apply wires 6, permanentlyfastened to the back surfaces of the frame, and adapted to extend intothe opening or recess in the wall and to be fastened permanently intothe wall for holding the frame A in position. But screws might beemployed for holding this frame if the wall or partition containswood-work, and it will be apparent that in building the wall or fittingup the holder for the toilet paper, the frame A is first screwed inposition, and then the case B introduced within the frame so that thesame passes into the recess in the wall, and the frame 0 comes againstthe surface of the frame A, and is screwed to the same by the screws 2,and the holder is then ready for the reception of the roll of toiletpaper, and such roll of paper is out of sight, and there is nothingprojecting from the surface of the wall sufliciently to become aninconvenience or to be objectionable in appearance.

I claim as my invention- 1. A holder for a roll of toilet paper,composed of the frame A,-permanently fastened to the wall at a recess inthe wall; the case B, and frame 0, screwed to the frame A by the screws2, and having bearings 4;, for the axis of the roll of toilet paper,substantially as set forth.

2. A holder for a roll of toilet paper, composed of the frame A,permanently fastened to the wall at a recess in the wall the case B,and. frame 0, screwed to the frame A, by the screws 2, and havingbearings 4, for the axis of the roll of toilet paper, a cover E, hingedand case in position and a pivoted swinging cover acting to close theframe and case, substantially as specified.

Signed by me this 8th day of September, A. D. 1893.

JOHN REID.

Witnesses:

EDWARD HAMMANN, HENRY MosFoiu),

